Happy New Year to anyone reading this. May you travel safely, peacefully and enjoyably in 2024. I'm still working my way through posting some of the adventures Karen and I had in New South Wales and Queensland in 2023 as well as our travels in Germany, Italy and France on my other blog BornToTravel69 Now …
Well, it's finally about to happen, we are heading off soon to Europe again. Back in 2019 we booked a trip to Europe but due to two years of Covid lockdowns in greater Melbourne and a few family events, good and bad, we haven't managed to leave Australia since. What will we be doing and …
Sarina to Ayr Our next destination was Ayr, a further 333kms north of Sarina. So, breakfast finished we were soon packed up and on the road north. However it didn't take long to come to the first section of roadworks on the Bruce Highway. Fortunately the lights were green so we were able to continue …
Carnarvon Gorge We had saved the Boolimba Bluff walk until the last day as we felt we would be well conditioned to walking by this point and it was suggested you make a very early start to see the sun shine its early rays on the rock face on the opposite side of the gorge. …
Roma Our next stopping point was Roma which was about 270 kms to the east. It took us about three and a half hours driving. It’s the main route towards Brisbane. So as well as passing through some nice little towns such as Morven, Mitchell (on the Maranoa River), Amby and Muckadilla we saw an …
Cobar to Cunnamulla We had a reasonably long drive of 420 kms to our next destination, Cunnamulla, so once breakfast was finished we packed up and headed off north. The first town was Bourke, 159 kms away. Here is a snap of the sign as we came to Bourke shire. However it was still quite …
From Charters Towers we made our way out to Townsville and headed north to our next destination, Mission Beach. The road in has several roadsigns unique to this area warning drivers to be wary of cassowaries. Formerly a very quiet village, Mission Beach is now a spread out centre over about 15 kilometres of beautiful …
On our first couple of trips into town we couldn't help but notice how many well preserved buildings there were. The previous day we had collected quite a few brochures from the Tourist Information Centre. One of them detailed a heritage trail so that's what I am going to post about this time. One Square …
The next morning we drove back into town, parked and walked up to the nearby Tourist Information Centre, which was housed in a small building next to a grand old bank. Things to do In Charters Towers A very helpful lady soon had us looking at a variety of options of how to spend the …
The rest of our drive to Charters Towers was pretty smooth driving and finding our caravan park, Big 4 Aussie Outback Oasis Caravan Park, on the edge of town was equally easy. We were soon set up and eating lunch next to our caravan. Lunch finished, we took a bit of a rest. However after …
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